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ADP “software code error” exposes Houston govt. employees’ info online

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Dissent

Cindy George reports: Technical issues encountered by the city of Houston’s payroll contractor could have potentially exposed personal information for nearly 5,000 local government workers, including more than 1,000 in the Houston Police Department. Widespread notice about the compromised data emerged on Wednesday when the Houston Police Officers’ Union posted a notice to members on its…

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Dumpster discoveries anger tenants

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Dissent

Robert Townsend reports: Some former applicants and tenants are frustrated after finding their social security numbers, bank statements and other personal information in a dumpster at the Eldorado Apartments on E. 67th Street in Raytown, Mo. Read more on Fox4

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Morningstar resets clients’ passwords and notifies them of breach involving Morningstar Document Research

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Dissent

A reader sent this in with a note that a bunch of folks in his office received this email this morning: Dear Morningstar client: I am writing to make you aware that some of your personal information, including your name, address, email address, and password, may have been compromised because of an illegal intrusion into…

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LinkedIn Seeks Dismissal Of Data-Breach Lawsuit

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Dissent

Wendy Davis reports that LinkedIn is second dismissal of Khalilah Wright’s second amended complaint stemming from a breach affecting over 6 million users. LinkedIn says that the consumer, Virginia resident Khalilah Wright, still hasn’t set out sufficient allegations to proceed with their lawsuit, which alleges that the company didn’t use basic encryption techniques to secure…

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GSA responds to FOI request

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Dissent

On March 17, I noted that the General Services Administration (GSA) had disclosed a vulnerability in the System for Award Management (SAM), which could allow some  existing users in the system to view certain registration information of other users. The data contained identifying information including names, taxpayer identification numbers (TINs), marketing partner information numbers and bank…

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NY: Town of Brookhaven data breach ‘was clerical error,’ officials say

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Dissent

Deon J. Hampton reports: Brookhaven Supervisor Edward P. Romaine on Thursday handed off an investigation into the inadvertent online posting of personal information to the town’s law department — the same unit that made the mistake. […] Town officials did not release the name of the employee who mistakenly made public the Social Security numbers…

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